GOP leaders bolt from Senate candidate Moore after sex claim

The Washington Post story also quoted three other women who said Moore dated them when they were between 16 and 18 years old and he was in his early 30s, though none said they had sexual contact with Moore. While none of the women report having sex with Moore, all say they were inappropriately touched and had other unwanted advances.

Events are now accelerating as events like these will. Mitch McConnell has called on Moore to drop out of the race if the allegations are true.

"The allegations against Roy Moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying", US Senator John McCain said Thursday.

GOPAlabamaState Senate hopeful Roy Moore holds a number of widely unpopular beliefs, among them that "homosexual conduct should be illegal". Bombastic and defiant, underfunded, prone to controversial statements (including about Vladimir Putin), and railing against Washington elites, Moore was controversial even before the recent accusations. Corfman alleges that Moore approached her and her mother outside a courtroom in Etowah County, Alabama, offering to watch her while her mom went inside for a child custody hearing.

In the coming days, Mr Moore allegedly picked up Ms Corfman around the corner from her home, and drove her to his house in the woods where he sexually assaulted her, the newspaper claims. Luther Strange in a primary and faces Democrat Doug Jones in December race to fill attorney general Jeff Sessions seat.

Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court justice, has made his name in Republican politics through his public devotion to hardline Christian conservative positions.

Moore has strongly denied the accusations, attributing them to the Democrats and The Washington Post, which broke the story. He has been twice removed as chief justice of the state supreme court, first for refusing to remove a monument to the Ten Commandments from the grounds of his courthouse and more recently for refusing to implement the USA supreme court ruling legalizing gay marriage. "Please just get this over with".

Several senior Republicans called on Moore to quit the race after The Washington Post reported allegations of sexual misconduct.

Two of her friends at the time recall her talking about spending time with an older man, one of whom said she identified him as Moore.

Among the handful of Senate Republicans who have endorsed Moore, only Mike Lee of Utah weighed in on the allegations.

The second time she visited his home, she said Moore took off his clothes, as well as her shirt and trousers, and touched her over her bra and underwear and began guiding her hand toward his crotch.

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